HC Deb 16 December 1992 vol 216 cc221-2W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will place in the Library the statistical information used in the preparation of the Tomlinson report relating to the percentage of patients waiting longer than one year for admission to hospital for elective orthopaedic surgery in(a) inner London, relative to England as a whole and (b) the four Thames regions, relative to the national average.

Mr. Sackville

Information about waiting times by district health authority and specialty is given in the publication "Hospital Waiting List, In-Patients and Day Cases"—ISBN 1 85839 003 6, a copy of which is available in the Library.

Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations she has received from the British Orthopaedic Association on the provision of orthopaedic and trauma services in inner London; and if she will make a statement.

Dr. Mawhinney

None.

Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list(a) the hospitals in inner London which provide a comprehensive orthopaedic and trauma service and (b) the total number of beds available to London orthopaedic surgeons for carrying out elective and traumatic surgery.

Mr. Sackville

This information is not available centrally.